I’ve always taken ‘The Wizard of Oz’ very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I’ve spent my entire life trying to get over it.
JUDY GARLANDAs for my feelings toward “Over the Rainbow”, it’s become part of my life. It is so symbolic of all dreams and wishes that I’m sure that’s why people sometimes get tears in their eyes when they hear it.
More Judy Garland Quotes
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Give the people what they want and then go have a hamburger.
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I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.
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When I die I have visions of fags singing ‘Over the Rainbow’ and the flag at Fire Island being flown at half mast.
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In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.
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If I’m such a legend, then why am I so lonely? If I’m such a legend, then why do I sit at home for hours staring at the damned telephone, hoping it’s out of order, even calling the operator asking her if she’s sure it’s not out of order?
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I was born in a lovely white house with a garden.
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I can live without money, but I cannot live without love.
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Wouldn`t it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other, and a little more loving, have a little more empathy, and maybe we’d like each other a little bit more.
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Twas not my lips you kissed but my soul.
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I truly have a great love for an audience, and I used to want to prove it to them by giving them blood.
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I’ve been in love with audiences all my life, and I’ve tried to please. I hope I did.
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When you have lived the life I’ve lived, when you’ve loved and suffered, and been madly happy and desperately sad — well, that’s when you realize you’ll never be able to set it all down. Maybe you’d rather die first.
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Hollywood is a strange place if you’re in trouble. Everybody thinks it’s contagious.
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If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely?
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We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.
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